Cuff button



Patented May 20, 1924. i

EDWIN A. FARGO, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

CUFF BUTTON.

Application filed August 24, 1923. Serial No. 659,112.

To all whom t may concern.' f

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. FARGo, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements i-ny Cuff Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to separable cuff buttons of the class which are composed of two separate members each having an outer and an inner head, the ylatter heads ofeach member being adapted to be Vpassed through the buttonholes of a cuff to hold its kmember therein, said button members being provided with means whereby they may be connected and disconnected atwill. i n

l/Vith these and other objects'in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved button showing the button members connected together., p y

Fig. 2 showsthe button members as separated. l n

Fig. 3 is atop view ofthe inner head of one of the members, showing the pair of cooperating studgripping plates mounted tlerein. l i

Fig. 4: shows these plates as moved inwardly and late-rally to enlarge the opening and release the stud of the opposite button member'.

Fig. 5 is an elevation showing fragmental portions of the button members, the head carrying the gripping plates being shown in section on line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 5 and sectioned on line 6-6 of Figure 3.

Figure 7 is an enlarged view on line 7 -7 of Figure 3, illustrating the socket or opening in which the end of the operating spring is mounted.

Figure 8 is a section showing a modified construction in which the grip plates do not abut against each other but each against a separate guide member.

It is found in the practical. construction of separable cuff link buttons, of advantage to lock the button members together so that they will not separate under excessive strains, the same being locked firmly together in such a way as to require an operaF heads of these members.

tion of the locking members in order to release the button parts to separate.: and the following is a detailed description of one lmeans by whichy this result may be;l obtained 'l/Vith reference` to the drawings, y10 and 11 y designate the outer heads lof `the opposite button members and 12 and 13 the inner The head 12 is preferably provided with a stud lthavin'g a substantially squared shoulder 15 under its head, while the inner head 13 of thek other button member is preferably formed hollow, as best illustra-ted in Figures 3 and 4. In this hollow head, I have mounted a` pair of oppositely slidable locking plates'lG.

The ends of these plates are arrangedy to abut against each other and these endsv are Vformed at an angle to each other as at 17,

and notched at `18 to form between them a stud-receiving opening. The outerend of each of these plates is provided with `an operating presser member 19 which when pressed inwardly causes `these angularly faced ends to ride one upon the other and move these plates laterally in opposite directions into the position illustrated in Figure 4, thereby enlarging the centralr openf ing in a lateral direction to release the study and permit the button members to be sepa rated. These plates' are normally 'pressed to closed position by means of springs 20, one end of each of which is secured in the edge of its adjacent plate by slotting the plates and inserting` the end of the spring` therein and then closing over the stock of the plate as at 21. see Figure 7, ontothe spring end to firmly grasp and retain it in the edge of its plate.

In operating my improved button members, it is only necessary to press the two members together which causes the tapered head of the stud to force the plates 16 apart against the pressure of their springs, which plates after the stud has entered at once returns to grip and firmly retain the stud between them, requiring a pressure of the thumb and finger on the presser members 19 to move the plates to releasethe stud and permit the button members to be l separated.

By this construction, the but-ton members Ilo I have shown and described the ends of the grip plates 16 as having abutting, inclined, end surfaces, but as shown in Figure 8 the inclined surface of the plates may abut against a pin or other bearing member 22, whereby the operation of one plate alo-newill not suiiice to release the stud 14.

The foregoing description is direc-ted solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanieal changes to which the device is susceptible, the invent-ion being defined andlimited only by the terms of the appended claims.

Iclairn:

I. A separable cuff link button formed o't' two independent button members each having an outer and an inner head, the latter head being` adapted to pass through the buttonholes of a culi and retain the members therein, a stud on the inner head of'one oit' said members, yand a snap grip comprising a pair of cooperating slide members mounted in the other of said inner heads and, operable by hand pressure 'to receive Combined and opposite longitudinal and lateral movements to release said stud.

Q. A .separable cuff link button tor-med oli' two independent button kmembers yeach hai-fing an outer and an inner head `connected .by a` post, the latter head being adapted to be passed through the buttonholes' of -a cutl' and retain the link member therein, a short stud having a reduced neck yportion adjacent the outer face oil the inner head ot' yone ot' said members, apair of cooperating spring pressed slide plates having inclined abutting ends, said plates being located in the co1u1esponding inner head ol the other `member adapted to Vreceive and securely-'lock said stud vbetween them, and extending presser members by which said plates may be moved both laterally and longitudinally in the same plane to release said stud and permit the separation ot' said button members.

3. A separable cuff link button formed of two independent button members, each having an outer and an inner head, the latter head being adapted to pass through the buttonholes of a entf and retain the button members "the-rein, a stud on the inner head of one of lsaid members, a pair of cooperating spring-pressed lock plates in lthe corresponding `head of the other member having inclined guiding surfaces and 4a cooperating` stud-engaging edge. and a presser finger on one ot said plates by which it may 'be moved inwardly towards the opposite plate to slide along the inclined surfaces causing the plates to be 4moved laterally troni each other to release the stud gripped between them.

l. A separable cuff link .button formed.

of two independent button members, each having an outer and an inner head, the `latter head being adapted to pass through the buttonholes of a` cuff and retain the 'button members therein, a. stud on the inner head of one of said members, a pair of cooperating` spring pressed lock plates in the .con responding head of the other member having abutting ends formed on an angle to their common axis and having Cooperating not-ches in their Aends forming a stud receiving opening, and an extending presser liu ger on each ot said plates by which vsaid plates may be moved toward eachother and also laterally to enlarge said opening and release the stud held therein.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature.

EDVIN A. FARGO. 

